Xeon Silver 4514Y vs Apple M1 Max

Primary details

Comparing Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking527not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesApple M-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameno dataEmerald Rapids (2023)
Release date18 October 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$780

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1032
Base clock speed2.06 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.22 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache2.9 MB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache28 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache48 MB30 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data2x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data79 °C
Number of transistors57000 Millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data2
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)2060 ‑ 3220 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4400
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardApple M1 Max 32-Core GPUN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 October 2021 14 December 2023
Physical cores 10 16
Threads 10 32
Power consumption (TDP) 2060 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Silver 4514Y has an age advantage of 2 years, 60% more physical cores and 220% more threads, and 1273.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Max and Xeon Silver 4514Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 Max is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4514Y is a server/workstation one.


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